John Shand Posts

August 27, 2015 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Sydney Lyric, August 20 We all know the best children’s books engage parents as well, and Roald Dahl was the master of this. The miracle of Matilda the Musical is not that it offers burp jokes and mock horror to transfix the young and shrewder entertainment for adults, but that…

August 26, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Foundry 616, August 19 Expert improvising musicians can instantly strike a rapport and create good and sometimes great music without having ever previously worked together or even met. This was the case with pianist Greg Lloyd, an ex-Sydneysider long resident in Ireland, who was playing with the established local rhythm…

August 23, 2015 / Album Reviews - Archive

Mutiny Music (http://www.mutinymusic.org/) This was a labour of blood-line love. In 2011 Rick Robertson, who is descended from Fletcher Christian, unveiled a suite tracing the history of the nine Bounty mutineers and 16 Tahitians who settled on Pitcairn Island in 1790, and the 194 people who relocated to Norfolk Island…